Some became Olympians, some became doctors. Some were the stars of their college sports teams, others chose to focus on other things. Northern Michigan’s former standout high school athletes have ...

Back in the nineties and early aughts, the Cherryland Center in Traverse City was a bustling shopping center at the intersection of Garfield and South Airport roads. But the rise of online shopping, ...

Pictured: Crystal Mountain's Peak2Peak bike race will be held Oct. 17.

A whole lot of state titles have been making their way to northern Michigan in recent years, on both individual and team levels. How many more will the 2026-27 school year bring? Here are nine ...

Blizzards, floods, wildfire smoke, and changing drinking habits have made 2026 another year of adaptation for northern Michigan’s wine industry. From the vineyard to the tasting room, growers and ...

Traverse City’s newest haunt literally has two bars—wine and sushi. Bonobo Winery and Dojo Sushi have combined forces in a historic TC home and recently opened its doors to the neighborhood and beyond ...

Summer has long been the most active season for buying and selling real estate in northern Michigan. So, how was summer 2026? Northern Express crunched the numbers (provided local real estate ...

Within 24 hours of Katie Zacharia’s firing, Trump’s short-lived press secretary, social media erupted with glee over her spectacular rise and fall from grace (or was it waste?). This glee had all the ...

There’s a whole lot to like about the terror in the sometimes-sophisticated psychological thriller Other Mommy, from famed weirdo-director Rob Savage of Host (2020 ...

It’s dark beer season, and we love celebrating it in all its shades of glory, from chocolatey porters to sweet, smooth doppelbocks to boozy imperial stouts. If you’ve been a dark beer skeptic in the ...

Grown-ups, Halloween is still for us! Here are three ways to celebrate in Petoskey on Saturday. First, dig your running shoes out of their grave and lace up for the Morally Grey 5K, presented by the ...

It’s officially spooky season, folks, which means it’s high time to stack your TBR list with tales of all things terrifying. If you ask Michigan author Teagan Olivia King, however, not all of our ...